Anker Soundcore has added one more mannequin to its Movement household of transportable Bluetooth audio system — the Movement X500. It’s a scaled-down model of the Movement X600 and consists of that speaker’s built-in carry deal with and spatial audio sound. Anker plans to promote the Movement X500 for $170 when it hits common retail channels on November 9, however it’s additionally knocking that value right down to $130 for individuals who preorder the speaker earlier than that date.
Identical to its larger brother, the Movement X500 is available in three colours: black, blue, and pink. However in contrast to the X600, the X500 features a refined Soundcore “d” brand embedded within the paint scheme on the speaker’s metallic grille.
Anker claims the Movement X500, which weighs 3.59 kilos, can produce 40 watts of energy from its three full-frequency drivers (two for stereo channels and a 3rd, up-firing “Sky Channel” unit for spatial results). Its inner rechargeable battery is reportedly able to holding your tunes enjoying for as much as 12 hours, although for those who ever run it utterly dry, you’ll want six hours to deliver it again to full.
Regardless of its metallic grille and carry deal with, the Movement X500 is totally waterproof with an IPX7 ranking, and it may possibly keep afloat if it occurs to finish up within the pool. Like the remainder of the brand new metallic Movement audio system, together with the X600, Movement 300, and Movement 100, the X500 is appropriate with Sony’s LDAC Bluetooth codec, giving it the flexibility to breed hi-res audio at as much as 24-bit/96kHz — which is one thing of an anomaly for smaller Bluetooth audio system.
We had been pleasantly shocked at simply how efficient spatial audio proved to be on the Soundcore Movement X600. When activated, it drastically elevated the peak and width of the soundstage for a way more immersive expertise that common stereo.
The X500 guarantees to realize one thing related, however in its personal distinctive approach: The the Sky Channel top-mounted driver is provided with LED lights that may create a mini gentle present, with variations based mostly on the EQ mode you choose.
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